Yobu 23
1 Awo Yobu n’addamu nti,
Then Job answered and said,
2 “N’okutuusa leero okwemulugunya kwange kubalagala, omukono gwe gunzitoowerera wadde mbadde mu kusinda.
“Even today my complaint is bitter; my hand is heavy because of my groaning.
3 Singa nnali mmanyi aw’okumusanga nandisobodde okulaga gy’abeera!
Oh, that I knew where I might find him! Oh, that I might come to his place!
4 Nanditutte empoza yange gy’ali, akamwa kange nga nkajjuzizza ensonga zange.
I would lay my case in order before him and fill my mouth with arguments.
5 Nanditegedde kye yandinzizeemu, ne neetegereza kye yandiŋŋambye.
I would learn the words with which he would answer me and would understand what he would say to me.
6 Yandimpakanyizza n’amaanyi mangi? Nedda, teyandinteeseko musango.
Would he argue against me in the greatness of his power? No, he would pay attention to me.
7 Eyo omuntu omutuukirivu asobola okutwalayo ensonga ye, era nandisumuluddwa omulamuzi wange emirembe n’emirembe.
There the upright person might argue with him. In this way I would be acquitted forever by my judge.
8 “Bwe ŋŋenda ebuvanjuba, nga taliiyo; ne bwe ŋŋenda ebugwanjuba, simusangayo.
See, I go eastward, but he is not there, and westward, but I cannot perceive him.
9 Bw’aba akola mu bukiikakkono simulaba, bw’adda mu bukiikaddyo, simulabako.
To the north, where he is at work, but I cannot see him, and to the south, where he hides himself so that I cannot see him.
10 Naye amanyi amakubo mwe mpita, bw’anaamala okungezesa, nzija kuvaamu nga zaabu.
But he knows the way that I take; when he has tested me, I will come out like gold.
11 Ebigere byange bimugoberedde; ntambulidde mu makubo ge nga sikyamakyama.
My foot has held fast to his steps; I have kept to his way and turned not aside.
12 Saava ku biragiro by’akamwa ke. Nayagala ebigambo by’akamwa ke okusinga emmere yange gyendya bulijjo.
I have not gone back from the commandment of his lips; I have treasured the words of his mouth more than my portion of food.
13 “Naye yeemalirira, ani ayinza okumuwakanya? Akola kyonna ekimusanyusa.
But he is one of a kind, who can turn him back? What he desires, he does.
14 Weewaawo ajja kutuukiriza by’asazzeewo okunjolekeza, era bingi byategese by’akyaleeta.
For he carries out his decree against me; there are many like them.
15 Kyenva mba n’entiisa nga ndi mu maaso ge; bwe ndowooza ku bino byonna, ne mmutya.
Therefore, I am terrified in his presence; when I think about him, I am afraid of him.
16 Katonda anafuyizza nnyo omutima gwange, Ayinzabyonna antiisizza nnyo.
For God has made my heart weak; the Almighty has terrified me.
17 Naye ekizikiza tekinsirisizza, ekizikiza ekikutte ennyo ekibisse amaaso gange.”
I have not been brought to an end by darkness, because of the thick darkness that covers the gloom of my face.
